Clues point towards Apple secretly designing a cellular phone and PDA to go along with their ultra-sexy iPod music storage device. MacWorld magazine notes Apple co-founder and CEO, Steven Jobs, mentioning Apple’s Inkwell technology making a return for the big new OS update, OS x.2 (Jaguar). Inkwell is sophisticated handwriting software that was developed years ago for Apple’s failed PDA, The Newton.

Universal Home Video downplayed the timing of the release of the classic TV series Baretta featuring Robert Blake as part of a much bigger DVD release including TV series such as Law and Order, The Rockford files, Magnum P.I and Quantum Leap. Robert Blake is currently being held on charges relating to allegedly murdering his wife, Bonny Lee Bakely on May 4, 2001. The Blake case is the first high profile murder investigation in Hollywood since the O.J. Simpson spectacular. The Blake case has yet to go to trial

Those that lived in an era when soft rock ruled the airways, wish it wasn’t true but late 1970’s and 1980’s soft rock is all the rage with hip Gen Xers. A 31 year old executive from Universal Music Group recently told me that she had attended more than one soft rock themed party before she moved to LA for work and that they were becoming all the rage in New York. Baby Boomers, who know the in’s and out’s of bell bottoms and Member’s Only jackets are simply in denial.

The artist thankfully known as Prince (again) is poised to release his first live album ever based on performances of recordings made on his One Night Alone tour. Unlike some past Prince tours in the post Warner Brothers era, this recently completed tour was highly acclaimed for its bare-bones, performance oriented arrangements. There were no bungee cords and pyrotechnics needed for effect when Prince is in the mood to entertain.

Los Angeles based TV producer, David Krieff, has been trying to arrange to send boy band, heart-throb Lance Bass from ‘N Sync to the Russian Space Station as part of a upcoming reality based TV program. However CNN reports that Krieff is late on payments despite Bass’ intensive training since June. The project seems to be in peril.